Day: September 20, 2025

One of South Korea’s top communications experts, Song Iick-ho, has left his home country to join a Chinese research university designated by the US government as a national security threat. Advertisement Song has joined the Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) as a professor, focusing on signal detection, communication theory and artificial intelligence. He joined the university in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan this year after leaving his position at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),…

Pony.ai will deploy robotaxis in Singapore in the coming months, as the Chinese autonomous driving technology company takes a tentative step to expand into Southeast Asia’s mass transport market. Advertisement The Guangzhou-based company, one of mainland China’s top three robotaxi operators, said on Saturday that it would team up with Singapore’s taxi fleet operator ComfortDelGro to introduce autonomous mobility services to the city state “in the coming months”. “By delivering safe, comfortable and efficient autonomous mobility services, we are committed to enhancing local residents’ daily commutes and advancing [Singapore’s] smart…

Taiwan has unveiled two flagship projects at its most ambitious arms fair yet – signalling both its push for defence self-reliance and its deepening cooperation with American firms aimed at deterring Beijing’s growing military pressure. Advertisement The three-day Taipei Aerospace and Defence Technology Exhibition (TADTE) opened on Thursday at the Nangang Exhibition Centre, drawing more than 400 local and international exhibitors from 14 countries, including the United States, Germany and France. The biennial event, traditionally a platform for aerospace and defence technologies, has taken on added significance this year amid…